The video chat works as follows: Snapchat will alert you when your friends are online and actively reading your chat messages.You can then press and hold the blue alert button in the lower right corner to start a live video chat.At the time of this review, there was no public feed and no ability to connect with strangers, so all video connections happen with people you know who are also using the app.So, while there are no obvious safety concerns, parents should note two things: The privacy policy states that users' videos are collected and stored but doesn't indicate for how long, and it's a good opportunity for parents to talk about digital citizenship and limits around screen use.You can confirm your current mobile phone number with Hangouts to allow mobile users to start a Hangout with you by typing in your phone number.

Whats App last week failed almost EVERY criteria in a scathing report into online privacy.

Although both Whats App and LINE sport the ability to send text messages, photos, videos and voice calls over mobile data and wifi connections, LINE does have one major advantage. Whats App currently operates on a subscription plan of 69p per year – although the Facebook-owned app does offer one-year for free.

Glam it up with some digital face painting while you are on a video call.

When you choose to use one of our growing collection of live action masks on a video call, your face on screen is transformed with whatever theme you’ve picked.